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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fifty-Two through Fifty-Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prevents Rodrigues from breaking the seal on the thing he is delivering to Toranaga?
(a) his fear of the priest.
(b) Blackthorne is watching.
(c) there is no way to reseal it.
(d) his religious ideals.

2. What does Blackthorne tell Ishido at the party?
(a) that he knows Toranaga's plans.
(b) that he is taking Mariko with him when he leaves.
(c) that he is available at the right price.
(d) that he is no longer barbarian.

3. Who is Zataki?
(a) Buntaro's informant.
(b) Yabu's brother.
(c) Kiku's consort.
(d) Toranaga's half brother.

4. How does Toranaga attempt to make peace between Buntaro and Mariko?
(a) giving Mariko a financial settlement.
(b) having Buntaro apologize to Mariko.
(c) having Buntaro spend the night with Mariko.
(d) giving Buntaro a fiefdom.

5. How is the Englishman killed?
(a) in boiling butter.
(b) in boiling oil.
(c) in boiling water.
(d) in the boiling sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mariko is unable to leave as ordered by Toranaga, what does she plan to do?

2. What news does Yabu have for Blackthorne?

3. What concerns Blackthorne after the earthquake?

4. Why does Rodrigues go aboard the Erasmus?

5. What sentence is pronounced on Blackthorne's men?

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